Improvement in bed-dusting racks



JULIA FOSTER.

BED DUSTING RACK.

Patented May 30,1876.

\ inundar UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.,

JULIA FosTEE, oF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

lIMPROVEMENT IN BEDDUSTING RACKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 178,135, dated May 30, 1876; application filed March 14, 1876.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, Mrs. JULIA FOSTER, of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Bed-Dusting Rack; and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a perspective of my invention opened for use. Fig. 2 is an end view of the same when folded.

The object of my invention is to provide a device or apparatus mainly intended for household use, and"designed to facilitate theremoval of dust from bedding, carpets, and other such cumhrous articles.

vMy invention consists of a wooden rack, preferably square or of rectangular oblong shape, formed in hinged sections provided with cross-bars or stays, and metallic rods, which serve to render therack rigid when opened or extended for use.

Referringto the accompanying drawing, A designates the rack, formed of three or more oblong sections, B B B, hinged alternately on opposite sides, as shown at c c, so as to permit said rack to be folded into the width of one of said sections. D D are cross-bars or stays, extending transversely between the side pieces of each of the sections B B. E E are staples or eye-nails in the ends of the sections B B; and F F are metallic rods passing through the same, and serving to keep the rack rigid when extended for use.

The method of operation is as follows: The

rack is extended, as shown in Fig. 1, and. supported above the ground or iloor by any suitable means, as by placing a chair under each of its four corners. The bed or other article to be dusted is then laid upon the rack and beaten, the dust and other impurities passing :,down to the ground or floor beneath.

When the rack is not needed for immediate use, it can be packed or folded for convenient stowage in a closet by withdrawing the rods F F from the eyes E E, and turning the sec- `tions over one another on their hinges, as

3. A dustingrack composed of a series of y rectangular frames, each consisting of crosspieces extending from side to side, and trans;- verse bars or braces at right angles thereto, so as to form square or rectangular interstices, as shown.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 8th day of March, 1876.

MRS. JULIA FOSTER.

Witnesses: i M. DANL. CoNNoLLY, CHAs. F. VAN HORN. 

